Acting credits
91
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Polly Bergen
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 48Series: 43
TMDB ID: 40175
IMDb ID: nm0000917
Known for: Acting
Born: July 14, 1930
Died: September 20, 2014
Age: 84
Place of birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2019
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q267051
Also known as
Nellie Paulina Burgin
Biography
Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer and entrepreneur. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in The Helen Morgan Story. For her stage work, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance as Carlotta Campion in Follies in 2001. Her film work included Cape Fear (1962) and The Caretakers (1963), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She hosted her own weekly variety show for one season (The Polly Bergen Show), was a regular panelist on the TV game show To Tell The Truth and later in life had recurring roles in The Sopranos and Desperate Housewives. She wrote three books on beauty, fashion and charm. She is also the inspiration behind Mother Goose in The Land of Stories.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Polly Bergen.
as Self - Actress
Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast
2019 • Movie
as Grandma
Struck by Lightning
2013 • Movie
as Rosemary
Candles on Bay Street
2006 • Movie
as Mrs. A
A Very Serious Person
2006 • Movie
as Self
Doris Day: It's Magic
1998 • Movie
as Molly Altman
For Hope
1996 • Movie
as Murial
In the Blink of an Eye
1996 • Movie
as Miss Maybry
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996 • Movie
as Sandy Gilman
The Surrogate
1995 • Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995 • Movie
as Janet
Leave of Absence
1994 • Movie
as Barbara Fox
Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993 • Movie
as Carol
The Lightning Incident
1991 • Movie
as Self
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991 • Movie
as Mrs. Vernon-Williams
Cry-Baby
1990 • Movie
as Myra Gilbert
My Brother's Wife
1989 • Movie
as Emily Thetford
The Haunting of Sarah Hardy
1989 • Movie
as Barbara Cutler
Mother, Mother
1989 • Movie
as Laura Lee Webster
She Was Marked for Murder
1988 • Movie
as Vivien Langford
Addicted to His Love
1988 • Movie
as Estelle Stone
Making Mr. Right
1987 • Movie
as Mrs. Vance
Velvet
1984 • Movie
as Marion Carmody
Born Beautiful
1982 • Movie
as Jo Burns
The Million Dollar Face
1981 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Polly Bergen.
as Kate Allen • 10 eps
Commander in Chief
2005 • Series
as Stella Wingfield • 10 eps
Desperate Housewives
2004 • Series
as Judge Deborah • 2 eps
Twice in a Lifetime
1999 • Series
as Fran Felstein • 1 eps
The Sopranos
1999 • Series
as Stella Applegate • 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
1994 • Series
as Rachel Doucet • 1 eps
Burke's Law
1994 • Series
as Doris Campbell • 23 eps
Baby Talk
1991 • Series
as Rhoda Henry • 12 eps
War and Remembrance
1988 • Series
as Emma Julian • 1 eps
Jake and the Fatman
1987 • Series
as Dr. Jocelyn Laird • 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
1984 • Series
as Rhoda Henry • 7 eps
The Winds of War
1983 • Series
as Elizabeth Hastings • 1 eps
Hotel
1982 • Series
as Vera Keppler • 3 eps
79 Park Avenue
1977 • Series
as Maisie Nolan • 1 eps
The Love Boat
1977 • Series
as Dina Carroll-Winer • 1 eps
Ellery Queen
1975 • Series
as Suzy Hunter • 1 eps
Thriller
1973 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967 • Series
1 eps
The Dean Martin Show
1965 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Hollywood Palace
1964 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
as Janice Graham / Cathy Brandon • 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
1961 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Startime
1959 • Series